Chapter 23: Aunt March Settles the Question

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​⁠Like bees swarming after their queen, mother and daughters hovered about Mr. March the next day, neglecting everything to look at, wait upon, and listen to the new invalid, who was in a fair way to be killed by kindness. As he sat propped up in a big chair by Beth's sofa, with the other three close by, and Hannah popping in her head now and then, "to peek at the dear man," nothing seemed needed to